Matthieu Aikins has reported from Afghanistan for the likes of Harper’s, The Atlantic and The Walrus since 2008, and as U.S. and NATO troops pull out, the Kabul-based Canadian journalist is staying put. His tweets cover all things AfPak, from tales of corruption to Korean food in Kabul.

Good morning sunny Kabul! So glad I don't live in some horrible disaster zone.

Hadeel Al-Shalchi is an Iraqi-Canadian journalist based in Libya with Reuters. Filled with @replies to other MENA tweeps, Al-Shalchi’s feed captures insights on the Middle East from those who know it best.

Hardest part of covering #Syria is not knowing if ppl u meet daily will be alive the next day.

Nahlah Ayed has been Canada’s window to the Middle East since 9/11. The now London-based CBC foreign correspondent won’t flood your feed, but will keep you informed of key developments in Egypt, Syria, and beyond.

In an amusing show of discontent, arab tweeps have taken to calling the Egyptian President #Morsilini

BBC veteran Lyse Doucet splits her time between London and the field, but still calls Canada her country. Doucet maintains a lively stream, striking the right balance between retweets, @replies, and her own real-time reporting.

Madelaine Drohan has written for The Economist since 2006 and is the author of our 2012 report, The 9 Habits of Highly Effective Resource Economies: Lessons for Canada. On and off Twitter, Drohan covers Canada from a global perspective.

PM announces support to help developing countries manage ntl resources. Good news. Now Canada should comply with EITI. #CICDrohan#cdnpoli

Tarek Fatah is often as provocative on Twitter as he is on air and in print. Fatah’s #nobel4malala campaign has been less controversial. The online petition has more than 250,000 supporters, including Canada’s five federal party leaders.

Is Egypt learning from the Pakistanis? Claim they hv a terrorist in hand who may hv a hand in BenGhazi. PK does same striptease with Yanks.

Canadian business journalist Chrystia Freeland joined Reuters after stints at the Financial Times and The Globe. Freeland curates, mostly via retweets, a feed of must-reads on everything from the future of journalism to the fiscal cliff.

David Frum, the Canadian-born conservative pundit and thorn in the side of the post-Tea Party GOP, is a frequent tweeter. Frum focuses on stateside politics with the occasional nod to events unfolding north of the border.

Imagine if somebody suggested we shouldn't discuss terrorism after 9/11 or fire safety after Triangle Shirtwaist or lifeboats after Titanic

When news breaks in the Middle East, Lisa Goldman is likely live-tweeting it. The Israeli-Canadian writer’s tweets often point to the absurd in the Arab-Israeli conflict and sometimes to plot holes in the latest episode of Homeland.

Assad denounces Israel and Morsi expresses support but doesn't open Rafiah border. Welcome to the new Mid East, just like the old Mid East.

Naomi Klein’s feed reflects her turn to climate change in recent years. The Canadian author retweets a lot, but injects plenty of her own commentary on everything from pipeline politics to post-Sandy disaster capitalism.

Sorry for the military metaphor but could it be that Zuccotti was basic training and Occupy Sandy is the war? #ows

Jean-Frédéric Légaré-Tremblay writes for Le Devoir and L’actualité,and is a researcher at Université du Québec à Montréal. The journalist-academic’s tweets reveal his international affairs expertise, which ranges from U.S. politics to Mongolian foreign policy.

Mark MacKinnon is TheGlobe’s eyes and ears in East Asia. Beijing-based and at home on Twitter, MacKinnon tweeted the first photo of China’s new leaders at the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party.

China's Communist Party congress ended with singing of the Internationale. Then delegates walked outside and got in their Audis.

Stephanie Nolen has reported from more than 40 countries and opened two of The Globe’s foreign bureaus in the last decade. The Delhi-based correspondent keeps things conversational on Twitter, mixing sobering insights with playful observations.

Michelle Shephard has visited Guantanamo Bay’s Starbucks enough times for a free latte. The Star’snational security reporter since 9/11, Shephard broke the story of Omar Khadr’s return to Canada on Twitter.

Based in Johannesburg, Geoffrey York is Canada’s only newspaper correspondent stationed on the continent. From rebel movements in eastern Congo to strikes in South Africa, York’s feed covers a lot of ground south of the Sahara.

while UN vehicles crawled along at 20 kph on badly potholed road from Goma to Rutshuru today, the rebels sped at 60 in their looted SUVs

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